3717 Aim How did American foreign policy change

3/7/17 Aim: How did American foreign policy change towards Latin America in the 1900 s? Homework:

Short Ribs

1. What does the top row of people represent? 2. How do the images change in the bottom row? 3. How does the artist use clothing and body language to make his point? 4. Does this cartoon support American action during imperialism or argue against it? Why?

The human interest for Imperialism was to teach these countries how to govern themselves - Racial superiority!

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine Believed the Monroe Doctrine required the United States to step in and act “as an international police power” if a nation is behaving wrongly in the Western Hemisphere. • Venezuela and the Dominican Republic were having economic problems and led to threats of European intervention. The “Big Stick” policy was the policy of the United States to intervene in Latin American affairs, to maintain economic stability and to limit European involvement • U. S. occupied Nicaragua (1912 -1933), Haiti (1915 -1934), and the Dominican Republic (1916 -1924). In Latin America

Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy The United States could maintain orderly societies in other countries by increasing American investments in foreign economies. • Taft believed that U. S. investments would effectively substitute “dollars for bullets, ” and thus offer a more peaceful and less coercive way of maintaining stability and order. No need to flex military muscle to show off U. S. power like Roosevelt.

Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy • Wilson’s moral or Missionary Diplomacy stated that the U. S. had a moral responsibility to deny recognition to any Latin American government it viewed as oppressive or undemocratic, or hostile to U. S. interests. Do the right thing.

Pro Imperialism • To secure our economic and military future in the world. • Imperialists believed Americas were best & anything we could do for other nations would not only help them, but help ourselves as well. (Schiener et al. , 1987) • Larger, more powerful nations were taking over smaller countries that offered economic products. • These resources could help Americas commerce and provide access to other countries. (Beveridge, 1898) • The human interest for Imperialism was to teach these countries how to govern themselves - Racial superiority!

Anti-Imperialism • Some anti-imperialists argued the annexation of the Philippines and Hawaii was interjecting America into foreign lands, not as liberators, but as oppressors. • valuing commercial gain at the expense of American principles. • As one anti-imperialist, Carl Schurz, stated in regard to our economy, it was a “'barbarous notion that in order to have a profitable trade with a country we must own it'”. (Zimmerman, 2002)

US Foreign Policy 2000 -2016 in the Middle East

Apply your knowledge Which foreign policy do you think makes more sense for the United States? Explain why… Answer with at least 3 sentences.